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‘Drunken’ Rangers fans blamed for violence

Officials from Unirea Urziceni, the Romanian club that was the scene of violent clashes between Rangers supporters and stewards last week, have claimed that the Scottish fans were solely to blame for the trouble.

Representatives of Rangers' Champions League opponents said the drunkenness of the vast majority of the Glasgow club's followers contributed to the skirmishes at half-time at the game on Wednesday.

Mihai Stocia, the club's general manager, said that if his club's stewards had strictly applied Romanian law, by refusing entry to people under the influence of alcohol, then virtually none of the Rangers fans would have been allowed into the stadium.

Rangers face a potential ban from European football after they were charged with "improper conduct" over the behaviour of the fans by Uefa, the game's governing body in Europe. Unirea also face a charge over inadequate stadium entry procedures.